刨

鑤
bào, páo
刂 + 包
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Definitions

bào carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
páo to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract
bào variant of 刨[bào]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑤.

Semantic: 刂 Phonetic: 包

About

刨 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 刂 (knife) on the right, indicating a cutting action. The left component 包 provides the phonetic sound. The character has two distinct pronunciations for different tool-based actions. Pronounced báo, it means to plane wood with a carpenter's plane (刨子) or refers to the tool itself. When pronounced páo, it means to dig, excavate, or scratch the earth, typically with an animal's paws or a farming implement.

Example Sentences Hide

小明在刨土。

Xiǎo Míng zài páo tǔ.

Xiao Ming is digging soil.

夏天我们吃刨冰。

Xiàtiān wǒmen chī bàobīng.

In summer, we eat shaved ice.

木匠正在刨木头。

Mùjiang zhèngzài bào mùtou.

The carpenter is planing wood.

他刨开泥土找钥匙。

Tā páo kāi nítǔ zhǎo yàoshi.

He dug open the soil to look for the key.

刨平木板不容易。

Bào píng mùbǎn bù róngyì.

Planing a board flat is not easy.

为了种花，她先刨了一个坑。

Wèile zhòng huā, tā xiān páo le yī gè kēng.

In order to plant flowers, she first dug a hole.

这台机器用于刨土豆皮。

Zhè tái jīqì yòng yú páo tǔdòu pí.

This machine is used for peeling potatoes.

工程师用刨床精密加工零件。

Gōngchéngshī yòng bàochuáng jīngmì jiāgōng língjiàn.

The engineer uses a planer to precisely process parts.

Related Characters

Component: 刂

到 利 制 别 则 列 划 刻 刚 创 判 刘 副 剑

Component: 包

跑 炮 抱 胞 饱 泡 鲍 袍 咆 苞 雹 疱 庖 孢

Example Words

刨冰 刨根问底 刨子 刨根 刨花板 狗刨